WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents were treading on sensitive, but not new, legal ground when they raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and seized records about a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, among ...

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Lawyers have been using cloud computing for nearly a decade now. Nearly 30 different jurisdictions, including New York, have issued ethics opinions permitting lawyers to store confidential client data in the cloud as long as reasonable steps are taken to ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Attorney-Client Privilege Government Granting Organizations Ethics Opinion 1059 Background: The inquiring attorneys are legal assistance organizations that receive government grants to represent unaccompanied children in immigration removal proceedings. The inquiring attorneys wish to know their ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Attorney-Client Privilege Sign-Language Interpreters Ethics Opinion 1053 Background: The inquiring attorney works for an organization dedicated to assuring that persons with disabilities receive the rights afforded to them by law. In assisting deaf persons, the ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Attorney-Client Privilege Attorney Work Product Nicastro v. New York Central Mutual Fire Ins. Co. CA 13-01136 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County Background: The defendant appealed from an order compelling the production of 200 pages of ...

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U.S. District Court, WDNY Attorney-Client Privilege ERISA — Fiduciary Exception Gill, et al. v. Bausch & Lomb Supplemental Retirement Plan I, et al. 09-CV-6043CJS Judge Payson Background: The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had unlawfully reduced their vested benefits in Bausch ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Prisoner Communications Attorney-Client Privilege United States v. Rodriguez 10-2724-cr(L) Judges Miner, McLaughlin and Pooler Background: The defendant appealed from a conviction of two counts of conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine and ...

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U.S. District Court, WDNY Attorney-Client Privilege Waiver Tracy v. NVR Inc. 04-CV-6541L Judge Larimer Background: In this Fair Labor Standards Act class-action, the plaintiffs sought discovery of the advice given by the defendant’s counsel with respect to conforming to Department ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Discovery Attorney-Client Privilege Lunts v. Rochester City School District 07-CV-6272 Judge Feldman Background: On Sept. 28, 2010, this court issued an order that defense counsel, J. Richard Benitez submit to the court ...

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